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Friday, April 1, 2016

Kolkata's Killer Dead-line

It was a stiff deadline the builder was racing to catch when an under construction flyover came crashing down killing at least 22 people, injuring more than 80 and trapping several including school children at Burrabazzar here.

While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is said to have insisted that the work be over by March 31, builder IVRCL Ltd of Hyderabad is learnt to have missed at least eight deadlines for executing the contract for constructing the Vivekananda Road flyover. The cash strapped IVRCL has been under a lot of pressure for the past six years. A criminal case has been registered against the company.